12/5/10

Melted Snowman Cookies

I saw a picture of these the other day on Allrecipes.com and thought it was such a cute idea, I had to try it. After googleing it, I found a good tutorial on Stacy's Sweet Shop. I modified a few things to make it more simple for me (less homemade more store bought). To see the original Melted Snowman Cookie, and meet the inventor herself, go check out Meaghan (great name) @ The Decorated Cookie!

Here's what I used:

•1 package Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix•10 large marshmallows•Betty Crocker Cookie Icing (white and orange)•Wilton Decorating Icing Tubes in Black, Red, Green, Blue and Pink***it would have been a lot cheaper if I had just made the icing myself, see Stacy's tutorial for a good recipe)***

Here's what I did:

•Mix cookie mix according to directions, or prepare your favorite cut out sugar cookie recipe, then just grab a golf ball sized chunk and squish it down until it's about 1/4-1/2 inch thick. Do not worry about the shape or how lumpy it is, the more misshapen the better! Bake according to recipe directions.

•Once the cookies are cool, load them up with the cookie icing and spread it around with the back of a spoon, let some dribble over the edge for a "puddle" look.

•Spray a microwave safe plate with cooking spray, and place marshmallows on the plate. Set the microwave for 30 seconds, but watch the marshmallows as they cook. Stop the microwave as soon as the marshmallows start to get puffy, do not let them double in size.

•Spray your fingers with cooking spray or grease them up with shortening, and carefully pull the marshmallows off, by the base, and set them on top of the frosted cookies.

•Then just decorate as you'd like with the Wilton frosting, or your own homemade frosting! I was pleasantly surprised at how yummy the Betty Crocker cookie icing was!

This is totally what I want to do for my book club's cookie exchange but couldn't figure out how to make it work for me. I've seen them before but with fondant or gum paste rolled up for the snowmen's heads and I couldn't bring myself to mess with that. This is soooo much better! I am super excited to try it your way now!! Thanks for the idea!!!! Hope I can make mine as cute as yours.

Yikes! These are just too funny. My boys are going to love these melting snowmen. The best part is that they are a "winter" treat and can be made all the way through the winter. They would make a great stuck inside on a snow day activity.

Megan - These are super cute and fun! Thanks so much for linking to the party - I greatly appreciate it! I featured these today - stop by and grab a featured button if you like. Hope you have a lovely week! ~ Stephanie Lynn

I can't get over how cute these are! Would you come and put this post in my Vintage Pollyanna Tell Me Tuesday link party? I'd love to have you! http://vintagepollyanna.blogspot.com/2010/12/tell-me-tuesday-link-party-4.html

Hey I just adore this! You did an awesome job!! I featured you at my blog today. I'd love it if you could stop by and say hey! While your there I've got a widget on the top right hand side. For each click it gets P&G will donate 1 days worth of clean water! I'd appreciate a click! Easy way to give back! Thanks!

Adorable! I invented the melting snowman cookie! No, really, 2 years ago, and he's exploded on the internet...cake central, flickr, allrecipes, everywhere people are making versions. So surreal to see my guy all over! Love the one with the bow. Too precious!

THIS IS IT!!!! Every year I make my students a special decorated treat. This year they are doing Frosty in the Christmas show. They are 4th graders and they will *LLLLOVVEEE* these! Thanks for sharing!!

Do the heads stay on pretty well? I want to send some to my brother, who's stationed in the Middle East. What can I do to ensure they survive shipping? Everyone in my family thinks these are freakin' awesome — love your semi-homemade spin. Thanks!

Super cute, I like yours better then the one's you were inspired by, they look more realistic in my opinion. I am going to make these tonight and will share them on my blog too and I will let people know about your great blog.

My husband is going to love these! He's always liked the comic strip Calvin & Hobbes where Calvin has bizarre & warped snowmen. I will definately have to make these snowmen. He will get such a kick out of them!

oh, my goodness--those are just the cutest thing going!! i have a bunch of cookie dough in the freezer to make with grandkiddos next week...those would be perfect. thanks for sharing and have a great day!

Oh, I am so going to make these for Dudette's kindergarten class as soon as winter sets in. They're amazingly cute. I smiled ear-to-ear as soon as I saw them. Thanks for you easy and fast version. That works for me!

Love these. Looking at your pictures I got to thinking that if they were chocolate sugar cookies that it would look more like dirt the snowmen are creating when they melt. Might have to make these for school sometime.

I'm relatively new to the neighborhood and plan to make these as gifts for my neighbors and really "wow" them. Probably setting the bar a little high for next year but oh well - you never get a second chance to make a good impression!

I made these cookies for the cookie exchange this year and they were a hit!! Not one left! When I first reviewed the instructions I thought "the kids could make these". The more I worked on them, I decided I could have easily involved the kids and they would have turned out just fine. The sloppier the better! My kinda decorating :)

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